diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 4709ead2db526bfc59b803ea06791a0717d539c8..feef10c085a1dee0bc7dc76ed9ea0cf047e79bf3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1215,13 +1215,16 @@ static int powernowk8_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
 	return cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(pol, data->powernow_table);
 }
 
+static const char ACPI_PSS_BIOS_BUG_MSG[] =
+	KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found.\n"
+	KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Try again with latest BIOS.\n";
+
 /* per CPU init entry point to the driver */
 static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
 {
 	struct powernow_k8_data *data;
 	cpumask_t oldmask;
 	int rc;
-	static int print_once;
 
 	if (!cpu_online(pol->cpu))
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1244,19 +1247,7 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
 		 * an UP version, and is deprecated by AMD.
 		 */
 		if (num_online_cpus() != 1) {
-			/*
-			 * Replace this one with print_once as soon as such a
-			 * thing gets introduced
-			 */
-			if (!print_once) {
-				WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS "
-					"does not provide ACPI _PSS objects "
-					"in a way that Linux understands. "
-					"Please report this to the Linux ACPI"
-					" maintainers and complain to your "
-					"BIOS vendor.\n");
-				print_once++;
-			}
+			printk_once(ACPI_PSS_BIOS_BUG_MSG);
 			goto err_out;
 		}
 		if (pol->cpu != 0) {